1963–64 FC Basel season

FC Basel
1963–64 season
Chairman	Lucien Schmidlin
Manager	Jiří Sobotka
Ground	Landhof and; St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
Nationalliga A	7th
Swiss Cup	Round of 16
European Cup Winners' Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Karl Odermatt (9); All: Roberto Frigerio (27)
Highest home attendance	11,000 12.04.1964; vs. Lausanne-Sport
Lowest home attendance	5,000 26.04.1964; vs. Cantonal Neuchatel
Average home league attendance	7,150

The 1963–64 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 70th season in their existence. It was their 18th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion in the 1945–46 season. They played their home games either in their old Landhof Stadium or in their new St. Jakob Stadium. Lucien Schmidlin was club chairman for the second year running.

Overview

Jiří Sobotka continued his job as club manager, it was his third consecutive year as manager. There were fourteen teams contesting in the 1963–64 Nationalliga A and Basel finished the championship in seventh position with twenty six points, with ten wins and six draws from 26 matches, scoring 42 goals conceding 48. Karl Odermatt was the team's top goal scorer in the domestic league with 9 goals.[1] Frigerio scored 19 goals in 15 test games. Four alone in the game against FC Laufen.[2]

As title holders in the Swiss Cup, Basel started in the 3rd principal round, on 5 October 1963, with an easy away win against SC Schöftland in their attempt to defend this title. In the round of 32 they played away from home against local rivals Concordia which was also won with ease. However, in the round of 16 an away defeat against lower classed Porrentruy ended this campaign abruptly and disappointingly.

As Swiss Cup holders Basel were qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup competition. Here they were drawn against the Scottish cup holders Celtic. Both games ended very disappointingly (1–5 and 0–5) and thus ended with a disastrous aggregate result.

In the Cup of the Alps competition during the group stage Basel played against Genoa C.F.C., Atalanta and Zürich. All three games were played in the Landhof, but all three ended in a defeat and the campaign ended.[3]

During the winter break the club organised a world tour. This saw them travel to British Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, French Polynesia, Mexico and the United States. During the journey a total of ten friendly/test games were played, resulting in five wins, three draws and just two defeats.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Kurt Stettler
		GK	Hansruedi Günthardt
		GK	René Jecker
		GK	Marcel Kunz
		DF	Walter Baumann
		DF	Heinz Blumer
		DF	René Burri
		DF	Peter Füri
		MF	Josef Kiefer
		DF	Bruno Michaud
		DF	Markus Pfirter
		DF	Hanspeter Stocker
		MF	Fernando Kranichfeldt

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Walter Löffel
		MF	Jean-Jacques Maurer
		MF	Karl Odermatt
		MF	Carlo Porlezza
		MF	Hans Weber
		FW	Roberto Frigerio
		FW	Bruno Gabrieli
		FW	Bruno Gatti
		FW	Janos Konrad
		FW	Erdmann Lüth
		FW	Enrico Mazzola
		FW	Raymond Simonet
			Klaus Huber

Results

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

Pre-season

1 August 1963 Pre-season	Black Stars	1 – 8	Basel	Buschwilerhof, Basel
17:00	Hänggi	Summary	(2) Mazzola (4) Pfirter Hofer Löffel	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Wyttenbach Birsfelden

7 August 1963 Pre-season	FC Pratteln	1 – 5	Basel	In den Sandgruben, Pratteln
	(1:4)	Summary	20' (0:1) Mazzola 22' (0:2) Hofer 43' (0:3) Hofer 50' (0:4) Gatti (1:5) Burri	Attendance: 600 Referee: Gottfried Dienst Basel

10 August 1963 Pre-season	FC Gerlafingen	1 – 4	Basel	Strackbach, Gerlafingen
16:00	Müller 44' (1:3)	Summary	2' (0:1) Lüth 30' (0:2) Simonet 34' (0:3) Lüth 48' (1:4) Mazzola	Attendance: 800 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

11 August 1963 Pre-season	FC Moutier	1 – 3	Basel	Stade de Chalière, Moutier
	Spielmann 44' (1:0)	Summary	50' (1:1) Pfirter 74' (1:2) Gatti 89' (1:3) Gatti	Attendance: 800 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

14 August 1963 Pre-season	Basel	3 – 2	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:00	Gatti 14' (1:0) Blumer 20' (2:0) Pfirter 33' (3:0)	Summary	60' (3:1) Kristensen 87' (3:2) Möller	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

18 August 1963 Pre-season	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2 – 2	Basel	Stade des Prés-sous-Ville, Vallorbe
	Bertschi 52' (1:1) Vuilleumier 83' (2:2)	Summary	8' (0:1) Blumer 75' (1:2) Odermatt	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne

Winter break and mid-season

15 January 1964 Winter break	Hong Kong	2 – 3	Basel	Hong Kong Stadium, British Hong Kong
20:00	(1:2) (2:3)	Summary	14' (0:1) Blumer 16' (0:2) Gatti 41' (1:3) Frigerio	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Luk-tak-son

18 January 1964 Winter break	Malaysia	2 – 5	Basel	Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
20:00	Jusof Hamid 61' (1:4) Jusof Hamid 75' (2:5)	Summary	8' (0:1) Odermatt 17' (0:2) Frigerio 32' (0:3) Odermatt 60' (0:4) Pfirter 69' (1:5) Blumer	Attendance: 6,000

20 January 1964 Winter break	Singapore Selection	2 – 2	Basel	Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
	5' (1:1) 7' (pen. 2:1)	Summary	3' (0:1) Blumer 61' (2:2) Frigerio	Attendance: 5,000

22 January 1964 Winter break	Singapore Selection	2 – 4	Basel	Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
	55' (1:3) 90' (2:4)	Summary	19' (0:1) Frigerio< 29' (0:2) Frigerio 50' (0:3) Burri 75' (1:4)Frigerio	Attendance: 4,000

25 January 1964 Winter break	Sydney Prague	2 – 2	Basel	Athletic Field, Sydney, Australia
	Tristram (1:0) Tristram 40' (2:0)	Summary	68' (2:1) Frigerio 72' (2:2) Odermatt	Attendance: 12,000

26 January 1964 Winter break	Victoria Selection	3 – 2	Basel	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Joreski 4' (1:0) Stankovic 50' (2:1) Stankovic 89' (3:2)	Summary	25' (1:1) Blumer 65' (2:2) Frigerio	Attendance: 20,000

27 January 1964 Winter break	New Zealand	1 – 4	Basel	Blandford Park, Auckland, New Zealand
20:00	Moore 78' (1:4)	Summary	18' (0:1) Frigerio (0:2) Odermatt 55' (0:3) Blumer 60' (0:4) Frigerio	Attendance: 6,500

1 February 1964 Winter break	Tahiti Selection	0 – 0	Basel	Papeete, French Polynesia
		Summary		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Paul Wyssling Zürich

4 February 1964 Winter break	California All Stars	1 – 2	Basel	Tijuana, Mexico
20:30	67' (1:2)	Summary	21' (0:1) Burri 60' (0:2) Löffel	Attendance: 2,200

9 February 1964 Winter break	Los Angeles All Stars	2 – 1	Basel	Wrigley Field, Los Angeles
	Radulski 4' (1:0) Abaunze 15' (2:0)	Summary	73' (2:1) Frigerio

22 February 1964 Winter break	Lugano	5 – 4	Basel	Cornaredo, Lugano
	Mungai 13' (1:0) Simonetti 17' (2:0) Zaro 26' (3:1) Colombo 44' (4:2) Simonetti 47' (5:2)	Summary	25' (o.g. 2:1) Scalena 28' (2:2) Frigerio 49' (5:3) Frigerio 85' (5:4) Frigerio	Attendance: 500 Referee: Luigi Grassi Novazzano

1 March 1964 Winter break	Basel	12 – 0	Laufen	Basel
	Blumer (1) Frigerio (4) Odermatt (4) Weber (3)	Summary

14 April 1964 Mid-season	Basel	5 – 5	Schalke 04	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
20:15	Meier 40' (1:2) Keller 63' (2:3) Meier 69' (3:3) Meier 77' (4:5) Meier 88' (5:5)	Summary	5' (0:1) Klose 28' (0:2) Matischak 57' (1:3) Klose 74' (3:4) Bechmann 75' (3:5) Matischak	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

6 May 1964 Mid-season	Basel	0 – 6	Nottingham Forest	Landhof, Basel
18:00		Summary	36' (0:1) Wignall 44' (0:2) Newton 46' (0:3) Addison 67' (0:4) Newton 82' (o.g.) 84' (0:3) Wignall	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

18 May 1964 Mid-season	FC Brunnen	2 – 7	Basel	Brunnen
15:00		Summary	(2) Frigerio (1) Gatti (3) Odermatt (1) Stocker

Nationalliga A

League matches

25 August 1963 Round 1	Zürich	0 – 2	Basel	Letzigrund, Zürich
15:15		Summary	5' (0:1) Simonet 70' (0:2) Blumer	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

1 September 1963 Round 2	Basel	2 – 0	Sion	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Pfirter 54' (1:0) Pfirter 74' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

8 September 1963 Round 3	Grenchen	0 – 1	Basel	Stadion Brühl, Grenchen
15:00		Summary	79' (0:1) Füri	Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen

14 September 1963 Round 4	Basel	2 – 2	Schaffhausen	Landhof, Basel
16:00	Blumer 33' (1:1) Blumer 89' (2:2)	Summary	32' (0:1) Wiehler 35' (1:2) Wiehler	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

22 September 1966 Round 5	Lausanne-Sport	2 – 3	Basel	Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
15:00	Hosp 19' (1:0) Schneiter 58' (2:2) Hertig 85'	Summary	52' (1:1) Blumer 55' (1:2) Blumer 75' (2:3) Hofer	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: W. Hardmeier Thalwil

29 September 1963 Round 6	Basel	2 – 2	Chiasso	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Hofer 43' (1:1) Hofer 88' (2:2)	[ Summary]	3' (0:1) Bergna 47' (1:2) Bergna	Attendance: 6,800 Referee: GuinnardGletterens

13 October 1963 Round 7	Cantonal Neuchatel	2 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière (1924), Neuchâtel
15:00	Perroud 10' (1:1) Ballamann 56' (2:1)	Summary	7' (0:1) Mazzola	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

27 October 1963 Round 8	Basel	2 – 1	Grasshopper Club	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Gatti 65' (1:1) Baumann 74' (2:1)	Summary	33' (0:1) Czibor	Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

6 November 1963 Round 9	Young Boys	2 – 1	Basel	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
	Füllemann 32' (1:0) Buffoni 58' (2:1)	Summary	44' (1:1) Pfirter	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne

17 November 1963 Round 10	Basel	4 – 0	Biel-Bienne	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Gatti 11' (1:0) Lüth 20' (2:0) Baumann 47' (3:0) Odermatt 80' (4:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7.300 Referee: F. Schorer Interlaken

1 December 1963 Round 11	Basel	3 – 0	Luzern	Landhof, Basel
14:30	Odermatt 23' (1:0) Odermatt 37' (2:0) Odermatt 75' (3:0)	Summary		Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Strässle Steinach

8 December 1963 Round 12	Servette	4 – 1	Basel	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
	Desbiolle 1' (1:0) Bosson 16' (2:0) Schindelholz 52' (3:1) Desbiolle 85' (4:1)	Summary	24' (2:1) Odermatt	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Albert Weber Lausanne

15 DEcember 1963 Round 13	Basel	2 – 2	La Chaux-de-Fonds	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
14:30	Weber 58' (1:2) Mazzola 83' (2:2)	Summary	23' (0:1) Trivellin Skiba 38' (0:2)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee:

8 March 1964 Round 14	Basel	0 – 5	Zürich	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
15:00		Summary	15' (0:1) 23' (0:2) Rüfl 30' (0:3) Stürmer 44' (0:4) Brizzi 88' (0:5) Frey	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

15 March 1964 Round 15	Sion	2 – 0	Basel	Parc des Sports, Sion
	Mantula 24' (1:0) Gasser 56' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Guinnard Gletterens

22 March 1964 Round 16	Basel	0 – 2	Grenchen	Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	3' (0:1) Kominek} 61' (0:2) H. Schneider	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Karl Göppel Zürich

5 April 1964 Round 17	Schaffhausen	1 – 1	Basel	Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
15:00	Flury 51' (1:1)	Summary	13' (0:1) Frigerio	Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Strässle Steinach

12 April 1964 Round 18	Basel	4 – 2	Lausanne-Sport	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Frigerio 8' (1:0) Frigerio 15' (2:1) Gatti 75' (3:1) Mazzola 79' (4:1)	Summary	11' (pen. 1:1) Eschmann 84' (4:2) Hosp	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

19 April 1964 Round 19	Chiasso	0 – 0	Basel	Stadio Via Comacini, Chiasso
		Summary		Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Gilbert Droz Marin-Epagnier

26 April 1964 Round 20	Basel	3 – 2	Cantonal Neuchatel	Landhof, Basel
15:00	Löffel 11' (1:1) Odermatt 65' (2:2) Weber 75' (3:2)	Summary	8' (0:1) Sandoz 34' (1:2) Maffioli	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Zürrer Feldmeilen

3 May 1964 Round 21	Grasshopper Club	3 – 2	Basel	Hardturm, Zürich
15:15	Menet 16' (pen. 1:1) Bernasconi 25' (2:1) Bernasconi 37' (3:1)	Summary	6' (0:1) Odermatt 45' (3:2) Gatti	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Roland Keller Bern

16 May 1964 Round 22	Basel	2 – 1	Young Boys	Landhof, Basel
18:00	Frigerio 70' (1:1) Odermatt 86' (2:1)	Summary	51' (0:1) Grünig	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Pius Kamber Zürich

24 May 1964 Round 23	Biel-Bienne	2 – 2	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne
	Graf 50' (1:1) Rajkov 80' (2:2)	Summary	23' (0:1) Odermatt 75' (pen. 1:2) Stocker	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Guinnard Gletterens

31 May 1964 Round 24	Luzern	3 – 2	Basel	Stadion Allmend, Luzern
	Wähling 57' (1:2) Meili 58' (2:2) Meili 76' (3:2)	Summary	30' (0:1) Frigerio 53' (pen. 0:2)	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer Bettlach

7 June 1964 Round 25	Basel	0 – 6	Servette	St. Jakob Stadium Landhof, Basel
15:00		Summary	35' (0:1) Schindelholz 43' (0:2) Desbiolles 67' (0:3) Schindelholz 68' (0:4) Nemeth 84' (0:5) Vonlanthen 85' (0:6) Schindelholz	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: D. Mellet Lausanne

14 June 1964 Round 26	La Chaux-de-Fonds	2 – 0	Basel	Stade Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds
15:00	Skiba 30' (1:0) Bertschi 87' (2:0)	Summary		Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Anton Bucheli Luzern

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Lausanne Sports	26	13	4	9	61	52	+9	30	Swiss Cup winners, qualified for 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup
6	BSC Young Boys	26	11	5	10	56	54	+2	27
7	FC Basel	26	10	6	10	42	48	−6	26
8	FC Lucerne	26	10	3	13	44	52	−8	23
9	FC Chiasso	26	8	7	11	40	54	−14	23

Source: rsssf.com

Swiss Cup

6 October 1963 Round of 64	SC Schöftland	0 – 7	Basel	Schöftland
		Summary	2' (0:1) Hofer 32' (0:2) Odermatt 39' (0:3) Weber 55' (0:4) Hofer 58' (0:5) Blumer 75' (0:6) Lüth 81' (0:7) Lüth	Stadium: Sportanlage Rütimatten Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Ullrich Dübendorf

20 October 1963 Round of 32	Concordia	0 – 4	Basel	Basel
15:00		Summary	17' (0:1) Blumer 20' (0:2) Baumann 71' (0:3) Weber 75' (0:4) Pfirter	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: F. Schorer Interlaken

24 November 1963 Round of 16	Porrentruy	1 – 0	Basel	Porrentruy
	Jaeck 56' (1:0)	Summary		Stadium: Stade du Tirage Attendance: 5'600 Referee: Michael Huber

European Cup Winners' Cup

17 September 1963 Round	FC Basel	1 – 5	Celtic	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel
19:45	Blumer 78'	Summary	21' Divers 43', 65', 77' Hughes 53' Lennox	Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Manuel Gómez Arribas

9 October 1963 Round	Celtic	5 – 0	FC Basel	Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:30	Johnstone 3' Divers 42', 88' Murdoch 62' Chalmers 78'	Summary		Attendance: 7,909 Referee: Frede Hansen

Celtic won 10 – 1 on aggregate.

Cup of the Alps

Group stage

21 June 1964 Round 1	Basel	2 – 5	Genoa C.F.C.	Landhof, Basel
18:30	Odermatt 49' (1:1) Moscatelli 76' (2:3)	Summary	39' (0:1) Rivara 64' (1:2) Bean 69' (1:3) Bean 77' (2:4) Bean 89' (2:5) Locatelli	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Alessandro D'Agostini

24 June 1964 Round 2	Basel	3 – 4	Zürich	Landhof, Basel
18:30	Frigerio 1' (1:0) Frigerio 39' (2:2) Frigerio 68' (3:2)	Summary	13' (1:1) Martinelli 39' (1:2) Martinelli 77' (3:3) Martinelli 84' (3:4) Stürmer	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Gambarotto

27 June 1964 Round 3	Basel	0 – 3	Atalanta	Landhof, Basel
18:15		Summary	52' (0:1) Christensen 60' (0:2) Magistrelli 75' (0:3) Meneghetti	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Othmar Huber Thun

Sources and references

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2014/2015. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6
Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
FCB team 1963–64 at fcb-archiv.ch
Switzerland 1963–64 at RSSSF

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External links

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